Isaac Young Quartet
New Britain, CT
Jazz / Funk / Fusion
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 Happy Sunday!

 
Everyone here in the IYQ family is extremely excited to kick off the 2013 touring year this week. This is going to be a huge year for us, so jump on board and come party with us all year long -- let's make this the year of "Bourbon Soaked Jazz." 
 
We have two big shows coming up to start off 2013 with a bang. First, we come to Anna Liffey's in New Haven on Saturday January 26th and then return to Hartford at Arch Street Tavern for our residency on January 31st. With these two gigs, we move closer and closer to the release of our new album (more details and release information coming soon). 
 
We are also doing a taping for our first television appearance on WCCT-TV for Chip's Unnamed Local Band Show.We will be talking about the new album and performing a song from it as well! Airing time and details coming soon.
 
If you haven't yet, please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @iyqband
and check us out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/iyqband
 
Here are the details about the two upcoming shows:
 
SATURDAY JAN 26TH
Anna Liffey's Pub
17 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT
9:00pm
$3 door/ 21+
IYQ plays a 60 minute set supported by local bands Party Horse and The New Dirty
 
THURSDAY JAN 31ST
The Arch Street Tavern
85 Arch Street Hartford, CT
9:00 door
$7 adv or $10 day of show
Hot Chaos plays opening set followed by a 90 minute set from IYQ. We go on closer to 10:00pm, but make sure to come check out Hot Chaos!
 
Advance tickets are recommended, follow this link and save a few dollars: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/192043-isaac-young-quartet-hartford/
 
 
We hope to see you at one of the shows. We have plenty more coming up in the next few months. Bring your dancing shoes and we will see you soon!
 
-IYQ


PRESS

"The jazz world is roomy, with many corners to explore. There's the academic scene, always looking to progress the game a step or two, wary of retracing steps and just fine with alienating a few listeners, thanks. There's also smooth jazz, hugely popular with mainstream listeners and best enjoyed during trips to the dentist. Somewhere in between lurk the jam-band jazzers — purveyors of accessible, groove-oriented funk for ass-shaking and stretched-out, rock-influenced improvisations. They approach jazz with brains and libido. It will entertain the Cabernet-sipping night club set, but mostly it succeeds at animating throngs of stoned noodle-dancers. The Isaac Young Quartet, who'll open for pianist Marco Benevento at Arch Street Tavern on Thursday, wear the patchouli proudly. But it wasn't necessarily a conscious decision to seek out the jam-band scene. Continued...please click link to finish article."  Michael Hamad, The Hartford Advocate

"To say Isaac Young, a 25-year-old bandleader from New Britain, is just a jazz musician, or even just a saxophone player, isn't quite right. True, his groups — a Trio, a Quartet, a groove-jazz project called Puremotion and another called the Trio from Rio — improvise. And yes, tenor sax is Young's weapon of choice. (He also rocks a mean Rhodes piano and EWI, short for "electronic wind instrument.") If there's a conceptual thread running through his projects, however, it's rhythmic, not generic: they all groove. "If you can't dance to the music, why play it?" Young said. "If people don't get out of their chairs, what's the point?" Young's a Framingham, Mass. native and a classically trained pianist. He was playing jazz with his own band at 14. He was later a student at the University of Hartford's prestigious Jackie McLean Institute. "It was with a sense of hopeful optimism that I started pursuing the jazz thing," Young said. Continued...."  Michael Hamad, CT Advocate

"Isaac Young and company blend a soulful concoction of be-bob, funk, ethereal vibes, and straight ahead jazz with their album, The Alpha State. You make feel like you have taken a step back in time with the opening track, The Cell; reminiscent of a Miles Davis vibe, also to note, The Trane that Miles Took. Pushing the button on our time machine takes us back even further with the track Camelot (With the Blue Afro), which paints of a picture of medieval times. But before we get stuck knee deep in the past, Isaac brings us back to present times with fresh instrumentation on each track. Isaac weaves his saxophone through 9 songs of inspired jazz and soul to fill your mind no matter what time period you’re in. If you have found The Alpha State, you have found a gem. This album continues the trend that great music is not needed by signing to a major label. Get this album and help support our independent artists. "  Hyda James Hill , Review: Isaac Young Quartet The Alpha State


UPCOMING SHOWS

The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts and Cultural Cnt. Middletown, CT Fri Aug 02 13 08:00 PM  
Vision and Grit: Farm Fest Jewett City, CT Sat Aug 10 13 09:00 AM  
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